Just as a TED Talk is a short, focused presentation designed to share an idea, insight or story, an ASC Talk offers the opportunity to hear a diversity of ideas, insights and stories represented by some of the saints who make up All Saints Church. This summer series of presentations during our 9:00 a.m. Faith & Formation hour will range from art, poetry and meditation to global outreach and the art of aging.
Spend some time this summer in community learning from and with fellow ASC parishioners as we continue the work of becoming Beloved Community – one story at a time. (Summer sessions will not be livestreamed on Sunday, but will be available for “on demand” viewing later in the week on our You Tube Channel.)
Sunday, August 16
Poetry Hour and Open Mic
with Tony Rivera and Monique Thomas
9:00 a.m. in the Guild Room. Join us for a time of poetry and an Open Mic session led by All Saint’s very own poets, Tony Rivera and Monique Thomas. You won’t want to miss this moment as we engage the art of the spoken word to practice Joyful Spirituality. Sign ups for open mic will be limited so please arrive promptly to put your name on the list.
Sunday, August 23
Queerness, Community, and the Great Outdoors
with Luca DiMassa
9:00 a.m. in the Guild Room. In this Faith & Formation session, local high schooler and All Saints vestry member Luca DiMassa will explore how we create communities outdoors, both between humans and as a part of the greater ecosystem. Tracing a lifelong love of adventure, a history of Scouting and camping, and a deep curiosity in the interspecies relationships around us, Luca will paint an image of how the great outdoors force all of us together, and how we find God’s love from there. In addition, the talk will focus on the queerness of the world: sexual and gender queerness in animals and humans, but also how queerness can work as a mindset to reconsider our capitalistic relationship to nature, and why we should all strive to have a queer relationship with the outdoors.
Sunday, August 30
Seeking, Seeing, Resting, Opening — A Faith Journey into the Great Silence
with Betty Cole
9:00 a.m. in the Guild Room. Before the names for the divine unnamable, before the judgements and labels, fears and distractions, there is the Great silence breathing us continually into being. How do we learn to enter into its peace and awareness? This is a moment with a life-long Christian seeker, 45 year Zen Buddhist practitioner and teacher inviting us into the path of questioning, letting go and entering again into the Wholeness. All are welcome.
